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Heston and Isleworth 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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TABLE IV.

CAUSES OF DEATH ACCORDING TO AGE AND SEX, 1953.

Abbrev List No.Cause GroupsAll AgesUnder 1Age in Years
1-22-33-44-55-910-1415-1920-2445-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475-7980-8485 & over
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
B 1Tuberculosis of respiratory system91--------------------1-1-------1-1-2-21------
B 2Tuberculosis other forms----------------------------------------------
B 3Syphilis and its sequelae12--------------------------------------------
B 4Typhoid fever----------------------------------------------
B 5Cholera----------------------------------------------
B 6Dysentery all forms----------------------------------------------
B 7Scarlet fever and streptococcal sore throat----------------------------------------------
B 8Diphtheria----------------------------------------------
B 9Whooping Cough----------------------------------------------
B 10Meningcoccal infections----------------------------------------------
B 11Plague----------------------------------------------
B 12Acute Poliomyelitis----------------------------------------------
B 13small pox----------------------------------------------
B 14Measles----------------------------------------------
B 15Typhus and other rickettsial diseases----------------------------------------------
B 16Malaria-1--------------------------------------------
B 17Other infective and parasitic diseases109----------------------------------1--------
B 18Malignant neoplasms— stomach416---------------------------1--11-21341311---
lung-23----------------------1-2-1-4-418-717173----
breast-6-------------------------2-5-2-3-3-2-2-3---1
uterus4760--------------------------11-
other sites1-------------1---1-----1122343104310638865104723
leukaemia etc--------. ----------------------------1-------
B 19Benign and unspecified neoplasms34-------------------------------------------
B 20Diabetes------------------------------------11--12----
B 21Anaemias5283-------------------------------------------
B 22Vascular lesions affecting central nervous system-1------------------------11133537584121271212614514
B 23Non-meningococcal meningitis------------------------1-------------------
B 24Rheumatic fever11--------------------------------------------
B 25Chronic rheumatic heart diseases12-----------------------1-111223-11111----1-1
B 26Arteriosclerotic and degenerative heart disease—----------------------------------------------
coronary disease, angina8856-----------------------11-8110-1231551212115101571024
Other4862--------------------------1112112-4-671498151127
B 27Other diseases of the heart713--------------------------------211-14121213
B 28Hypertension with heart diseases2112----------------------------2--11-1-36415252
B 29Hypertension without mention of heart36--------------------------1--1-1-1---1111--1
B 30Influenza1216-------------------------11-1---1-211---3312
B 31Pneumonia302321-----1----1-------1--------112244419571-6
B 32Bronchitis5130------------------------1-1-21628310454426688
B 33Ulcer of stomach and duodenum82----------------1---------1-----2-2--11-----
B 34Appendicitis-1-----------------------------------------1--
B 35Intestinal obstruction and hernia24------------------------1----------1-1-111--
B 36Gastritis, enteritis, colitis, etc.12-------------------------1---------1--1-----
B 37Cirrhosis of liver3---------------------------1-------1-----1---
B 38Nephritis and nephrosis103------------------1----1--211---1-1-1----1-
B 39Hyperplasia of prostrate5-------------------------------------------1-
B 40Complications of pregnancy, children and puerperium-1-------------------------------------------
B 41Congenital malformation7433------------------------------------------
B 42Birth injuries, post-natal asphyxia, atelectasis3636-----------------------------------------
B 43Infections of the new born----------------------------------------------
B 44Immaturity and other diseases peculiar to early infancy3131------------------------------------------
B 45Senility, ill-defined and unknown causes—senility915------------------------------------1-314618
—ill-defined causes-1--------------------------------------------
B 46Other circulatory diseases1014--------------------------1--------112452211
Other respiratory diseases10---------------------------2---2---1-2-2-----
All other diseases17191----------------------111-1-2--2252332211-4
B 47Motor vehicle accidents143------------------1-3-1-2-1---------212-2-1
B 48All other accidents128----------------1---1-1-------1----11121134
B 49Suicide12-----------------1--------1--------1--------
Self-inflicted injury----------------------------------------------
B 50Homicide----------------------------------------------
Operations of war---------------------------------------------
ALL CAUSES5515121211----1-21211-31416266119292032284026623664598065898265734291
1,06323---1131458122049606698123145171138133
Percentage of total deaths from all causes2.16---0.090.280.280.090.380.470.751.131.884.615.646.219.2211.5713.6416.0912.9812.51